The hunt for what eats the ocean's most abundant life
July 31, 2026
July 31, 2026
PORTLAND, Oregon, July 31 -- Portland State University posted the following news release:
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The hunt for what eats the ocean's most abundant life
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In a lab on Portland State's campus, Anne Thompson keeps two microbes alive so she can watch one hunt the other. One is a predator much smaller than a speck of dust. The other, its prey, is the most abundant light-harvesting life form on Earth. What passes between them, who gets eaten . . .
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The hunt for what eats the ocean's most abundant life
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In a lab on Portland State's campus, Anne Thompson keeps two microbes alive so she can watch one hunt the other. One is a predator much smaller than a speck of dust. The other, its prey, is the most abundant light-harvesting life form on Earth. What passes between them, who gets eaten . . .